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Speaking out to hold our leaders accountable and let them know the public is watching is vital to participatory democracy. The progressive movement and the fight to defend the American Way depend on the grassroots engagement of everyday Americans. When we speak en masse with petitions, phone calls, rallies, and other actions, our individual voices are amplified, and decision makers from elected officials to CEOs take notice.

After a failed nomination just last fall, President Trump has decided to RENOMINATE one of his favorite political lackey's – Rep. John Ratcliffe, to be Director of National Intelligence – a role he is completely unqualified to fill. Sign the petition today and demand that the Senate once again REJECT political lackey, John Ratcliffe!

Following a lengthy investigation and conviction of President Trump’s right-hand man, Roger Stone, Trump publicly and vociferously criticized the sentencing recommendation made by career Department of Justice officials after which DOJ leaders withdrew the recommendations and called for a more lenient sentence. The Department of Justice’s Inspector General should investigate this matter and the House Judiciary Committee should demand answers from the Department of Justice as well.

The Voting Rights Advancement Act is a chance to restore protections against this kind of discrimination and ensure that every American is able to exercise their fundamental right to participate in our elections.

There is current legislation in Congress to remove the deadline and allow for the Equal Rights Amendment’s adoption—together we can ensure that the ERA is written into the Constitution and that all Americans are protected from discrimination on the basis of sex.

The disastrous consequences of Trump's judicial appointments are already reverberating throughout our nation, as many of his judges have begun dismantling the rights and protections that millions rely on.

Trump’s fake "national emergency" declaration is an unlawful and unconstitutional assault on the checks and balances our democracy relies on. But Congress can pass a resolution to stop Trump and his fake emergency!

President Trump’s nominee for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Neomi Rao, is -- unsurprisingly -- another extreme, out-of-touch nominee. Rao has a disturbing record on LGBTQ, race, and sexual assault. In her writings, Rao has placed blame on sexual assault survivors, questioned the legitimacy of LGBTQ equality (calling it a "trendy political movement"), and lamented multiculturalism. Sign the petition and urge the senate to oppose Rao's nomination.

Our nation’s civil rights laws protect people on the basis of race, color, national origin, and in most cases, sex, disability, and religion. However our current federal law does not provide the same protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity, and we believe its time for that to change. The Equality Act ensures that every person will be afforded equal protection under the law by making it illegal discriminate on the basis of LGBTQ identity. Sign the petition urging your congressperson to support the Equality Act.

President Trump’s nomination of William Barr to serve as Attorney General is just the latest in a string of attempts to undermine the Mueller Russia investigation and it must be stopped. Urge your senators to OPPOSE William Barr’s nomination as AG. Trump has a clear agenda in selecting Barr and we must not allow another political lackey to fill the vacancy.

Rep. Steve King has a history of supporting white supremacists and stoking racial tensions. His recent comments that he did not understand how the terms “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” became offensive are blatantly racist and entirely unacceptable. Sign the petition and urge your Representative to support a Congressional censure.

A bold, progressive vision for the future of our country’s democracy will be the first bill House Democrats will introduce in the 116th Congress. The reform package seeks to restore and strengthen principles progressives have long championed as essential to ensuring that the voice of Americans are reflected in the policies and actions of their elected officials. Sign the petition urging your incoming member to support H.R. 1 today!

Just after the midterm elections, President Trump FIRED Jeff Sessions as his Attorney General and appointed one of his political lackeys, Matt Whitaker, as interim AG. Now that Sessions has been fired, Whitaker has taken the lead on overseeing Robert Mueller's Russia investigation -- clearly an attempt to put a strangle on the investigation before it proceeds any further. Members of both parties need to co-sponsor and publicly support passage of the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act!

Trump and the Far-Right are winning in their efforts to pack our federal courts with extreme narrow-minded elitist judicial nominees. Nominated by Trump to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Thomas Farr is much more than just a run-of-the-mill advocate of voter suppression -- his history of disenfranchising voters of color is long.
Tell your Senators to vote NO Thomas Farr for a lifetime appointment!

Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh is a narrow-minded elitist who would drag the Court far, far to the Right and take a sledge hammer to the fundamental rights of countless Americans.

The solution to the child care crisis in America is the Child Care for Working Families Act -- a bold new bill that not only provides direct financial assistance for child care and early learning expenses, on a sliding scale based on household income, but takes a comprehensive approach -- addressing child care challenges like the quality, availability, and flexibility of care.
Sign now: Ask your members of Congress to support the Child Care for Working Families Act!

Since his first day in office, President Donald Trump has flouted ethical norms by not divesting himself from his family’s business, nor fully divulging the sources of his income. And the example he has set has trickled down throughout his administration.
The ethics violations on the Trump administration’s watch need to be reined in -- NOW.
Sign the petition and demand Congress immediately investigate Trump administration officials for repeated ethics violations.

The biggest elections since 2016 are only a few months away and many states still don’t feel adequately equipped to handle cyber-attacks we know are coming from Russia. The Department of Homeland Security has warned the government about future hacking attempts, but have done little to actually safeguard our elections -- and our democracy -- from Russian hackers.
Tell Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to get serious about protecting our elections from Russian hackers!

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Republicans have proven yet again that they can't be trusted to lead, in Congress or the White House.

The stakes in this year’s election were already unprecedented and now, with the current global health crisis, they’re even higher. Republican lawmakers have propped up Trump's abysmal response to the pandemic while simultaneously engaging in corrupt power grabs -- including their efforts to use the crisis to suppress voting.

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Please make a special Giving Tuesday NOW donation to protect the vote and defeat Trump Republicans. All donations up to $125,000 by midnight 5/6 will be QUADRUPLE-MATCHED!